We sold just over 4000 through the club, so around 5000 with other ticket sales.
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I thought Monday Night Shams was pretty biased again last night as usual pathetic atempt by the presenter to apologise at the end of the discussions did anyone not see where Delaney was for our penalties , Winter was woeful on sunday as predicted in advance by most people on here . The standard of refs in this league drives me mad first tackle is usually a yellow card instead of a warning in comparison to other leagues , we as fans pay the refs wages surely we should have some say in how the games are being refereed.
If the first tackle is a bookable offence, it should be a yellow. There's no 'quick word' in the laws.
they're the best refs in the country. And I say that as someone who watches junior and schoolboy football. THey all make basic errors.
Annoying as it is when it goes against you, all you can hope is that they're not biased
4 trophys played for this season and one ended up in each of the provinces. A LOI for sure.
Why? Because common sense should always prevail.
It never does.
Would you agree say, that v Persie should have been sent off for kicking the ball away?
Technically the referee was correct in his application of the relevant rules but should he gave exercised some discretion in tgat the player had just been booked relatively recently?
No one is arguing with you over Winters application. The problem is that it was a mental decision to make so quickly.
Would you have sent off Clancy based on what you saw live?
Settle pettle I'm not knocking BDs choreo it was good and all ready said their section was better through out the game but if in the south stand they would have faced the same issues as the Rovers lads. Having the smaller end is easier to control, the school end at Daler for the two semi finals this year and last is one example. That message banner could be painted by one person too same as setting up 4000 cards if you want to go down that route but we all know it's a group effort so no need for that rubbish. Looking forward to seeing BD next year.
I disagree strongly. Refs are there to decide if somethign is a foul or not. They can't be allowed decide whats 'best for the game' or any of that rubbish.
yes he deserved to be sent off. Now you're saying the order in which fouls accur determines whether someone should be carded or not? So you'd have no issue if Van Persie was booked for kicking the ball away, and 20 minutes later was booked for a bad foul? Personally I just want players to be carded if the offence deserves one. IF that means having 6 players sent off, then so be it. I'd like to think people would soon stop picking up stupid cards for mouthing/diving/kicking the ball awayQuote:
Would you agree say, that v Persie should have been sent off for kicking the ball away?
Technically the referee was correct in his application of the relevant rules but should he gave exercised some discretion in tgat the player had just been booked relatively recently?
yes I thought it was a dive. If its a dive, its a card.Quote:
Would you have sent off Clancy based on what you saw live?
The ultimate example of a ref making decisions on 'common sense' and 'not wanting to ruin the game' was Howard Webb in the last World Cup final. Game was a shambles as he didn't want to send de Jong off too early. game was a disaster
seperate argument. A ref can only give a free if he he's sure. So HE was sure.
What you or I think is immaterial
Dodge, no doubt the ref in the semi final at Richmond was sure he was right as well, does not make the decision any less wrong
I thought the second yellow on Sunday was harsh but was not surprised as Winters has been awful on any occasion I saw him this season (hence the signature below) and ,in my opinion, should not have got such a high profile game :rolleyes:.
The failure to see the keeper so far off his line for the pens (by both ref and assistant ref) was beyond a joke (unless refs now have flexibilty to ignore some rules and not others:confused:)
And yet, earlier on, you dismissed the Sligo keeper penalty infringment by saying that it happens most times. So one type of offence v another offence should be treated differently? But the ref hasnt got that leeway Dodge, as you have said. Surely the ref can't decide when to let these things go Dodge? Surely we should have had retaken penalties in this case? I'm a bit confused.......:)
If Winters made the call (on second yellow) without thinking that he was right that is cheating - and I dont think anyone suggested that.
Doubt that anyone thinks Winters errors were anything more than incompetence, if that is the justification then fine.
Not a cheat, just incompetent :rolleyes:
I didn't say that. I said that one posters claims that Winters was historically bad was rubbish, because a) the dive decision wasn't THAT bad, and b) most refs get the keeper off the line at penos thing wrong.
I didn't say Winters was right to allow the penos to stand.
Well somethings are bookable, and others aren't. A dive is bookable, but not every foul is a yellow card offenceQuote:
So one type of offence v another offence should be treated differently?
I don't think I've been in any way ambiguos about this. Refs should always make the correct decision, regardless of their consequence. if that means booking a player for diving, or having a penalty re-taken 5 times, so be itQuote:
But the ref hasnt got that leeway Dodge, as you have said. Surely the ref can't decide when to let these things go Dodge? Surely we should have had retaken penalties in this case? I'm a bit confused.......:)
And rightly so after that Sheriff carry on.
There's no organisation rights the wrongs like Frank and Irene.
Laughable as it may seem, surely NOBODY believes that to be the case, or am I not seeing the bigger picture? If I thought that I would never participate in Football again.
Firstly, while we have been shafted by the fai before, Winters is not a conspiracy just useless.
As for the quote above I have come to expect it from someone who supports a club that has been bailed out more times than Anglo Irish and has had more names than St Petersburg....
Right, finally got round to watching replays of the sending off incident - my immediate reaction on the day was it should have been a penalty in my view from all of 70+ yards away!
But from replaying it several times, I have to say the ref got it more right than wrong.
Contact from the Rovers player was minimal, it wasnt like a push or trip or anything of that nature - put it this way, if that same contact was made anywhere else on the pitch he wouldnt have gone down, or if he had there wouldnt have been a free because there was no fowl committed - contact doesnt automatically mean a penalty, I mean look at any corner kick situation.
Add to that his own statement in the paper that he felt contact and went down. It wasnt a big theatrical dive, but nevertheless a dive it was.
So basically he WAS seeking to gain advantage by looking for a penalty, and on that basis he gave the ref a decision to make. A booking was definitely one correct option, but you have to wonder would he have been allowed use his own discretion, as we've seen plenty times before where ref's have simply allowed play to continue in similar situations.
So the question I suppose is does the ref have to apply the letter of the law, or can he use his discretion - which way is supposedly the better refereeing in the view of FIFA ?
Still not bitter lads, unlike your good selves.....a cup final, promotion and over 100 years of history make the past and the present bearable.
It was a disappointing sending off looking back on it. The game was well poised at 1-0 to Shels who were playing well. Common sense had to prevail. There was a touch. It was enough for a penalty but it was enough for a player to not keep his balance. It was six in one and half a dozen in the other really and a case of just letting the game play on with the ball having gone through to the keeper.
[QUOTE=KevB76;1550986So the question I suppose is does the ref have to apply the letter of the law, or can he use his discretion - which way is supposedly the better refereeing in the view of FIFA ?[/QUOTE]
Perhaps explain why he (and Assistant ref) chose to ignore rule about penalties/keepers (dont believe they can have missed it) ?
Not too bothered either way - strict letter of law application OR ref's discretion - but make it consistent :rolleyes:
I was talking to a keeper (decent underage one) about moving off the line for penalties. His point was that it can look worse than it actually is because if a keeper leaps forward he lands far from the line. That dosent answer your question but it could have been a factor.
Speaking as a keeper, it depends on how the penalty is hit. It's like choosing to dive in a certain direction, leaping forward can slightly close down the angle of the shot but you're also leaving yourself more open to shots hit into the roof of the net. It's a gamble you take, but at the end of the day, 99% of the time, you're better off leaping forward, more leverage from your leap and as I said, slightly closing down the shot. Technically you're meant to dive moving forward off the top of your body anyway.
You can see on at least 2 of the penalties, Clarke jumps once a couple of yards forward and then dives in a separate motion. It looks worse than it is but it's still against the rules. 12 yards is a very short distance and even a small jump forward narrows the angles significantly.
But the (penalty) rule was broken and the officials were aware of it (unless both missed it from 6/7 yards) and made the call to ignore the breaking of that particular rule. Does not balance with argument they had no latitude on the simulation call. Lack of consistency :rolleyes: at very least
Penalties should have been retaken (I presume, still haven't had time to watch the recording!) but so should a considerable percentage of penalties taken. This is an extremely frequent offence and is rarely punished (not saying rightly or wrongly, just saying).